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portmanteau word

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noun
another name for blend (def. 7)
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Word Origin for portmanteau word

C19: from the idea that two meanings are packed into one word

Words nearby portmanteau word

Port Lavaca, Port Louis, portly, Port Lyautey, portmanteau, portmanteau word, Port Moody, Port Moresby, Port Neches, Portnet, Port Nicholson
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Words related to portmanteau word

blend, compound, counterword, portmanteau

How to use portmanteau word in a sentence

  • This longing for grimness actually has its own portmanteau word, ostalgie.

    The Week in Polls|Adam Hanft|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST

  • Sometimes "bazing" was the order, a portmanteau-word describing a morning spent in grazing the horses, and bathing ourselves.

    In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
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